Max Scherzer

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 208lb (190cm, 94kg)

Team: Texas Rangers (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: July 27, 1984 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Parkway Central HS (Chesterfield, MO) and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (11th) of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Missouri (Columbia, MO).

High School: Parkway Central HS (Chesterfield, MO)

School: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 3 yrs/$130M (22-24)

Service Time (01/2024): 15.079 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Maxwell Martin Scherzer

Nicknames: Mad Max, Blue Eye or Brown Eye

Pronunciation: \SHER-zer\

Twitter: @Max_Scherzer

Instagram: @maxscherzer31

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.0

214

108

ERA

3.15

457

448

2834.2

3367

WHIP

1.077

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2007	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	ARI	6	4	.600	3.28	3.87	17	17	0	0	0	0	90.2	69	39	33	3	42	0	106	5	0	3	379	1.224	6.8	0.3	4.2	10.5	2.52
2007	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Ind-Fal		2	1	.667	1.26	2.20	11	3	4	0	0	0	28.2	15	7	4	1	9	0	43	1	1	3	111	0.837	4.7	0.3	2.8	13.5	4.78
2007	22	-2.1	Mobile	SOUL	AA	ARI	4	4	.500	3.91	4.64	14	14	0	0	0	0	73.2	64	38	32	3	40	0	76	4	0	3	320	1.412	7.8	0.4	4.9	9.3	1.90
2007	22	-1.0	Visalia	CALL	A+	ARI	2	0	1.000	0.53	0.53	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	30	1	0	0	59	0.412	2.6	0.0	1.1	15.9	15.00
2007	22	-1.7	Scottsdale	AZFL	Fal		1	1	.500	2.13	3.55	8	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	6	5	3	1	5	0	18	0	0	1	51	0.868	4.3	0.7	3.6	12.8	3.60
2007	22	-4.1	Fort Worth	AA	Ind		1	0	1.000	0.56	1.13	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	9	2	1	0	4	0	25	1	1	2	60	0.813	5.1	0.0	2.3	14.1	6.25
2008	23	-3.9	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	1	1	.500	2.72	3.23	13	10	0	0	0	0	53.0	35	19	16	2	22	0	79	2	0	1	219	1.075	5.9	0.3	3.7	13.4	3.59
2008	23	-0.3	Phoenix	AZFL	Fal		1	0	1.000	3.38	3.75	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	16	10	9	3	5	0	24	0	0	0	94	0.875	6.0	1.1	1.9	9.0	4.80
2008	23	-5.9	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	4	.000	3.05	3.86	16	7	2	0	0	0	56.0	48	24	19	5	21	1	66	5	0	2	237	1.232	7.7	0.8	3.4	10.6	3.14
2009	24	1.0	Visalia	CALL	A+	ARI	0	0		1.93	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	20	1.071	1.9	0.0	7.7	9.6	1.25
2009	24	-4.6	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	9	11	.450	4.12	4.97	30	30	0	0	0	0	170.1	166	94	78	20	63	1	174	10	1	5	741	1.344	8.8	1.1	3.3	9.2	2.76
2010	25	-1.6	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	2	0	1.000	0.60	0.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	17	0	0	0	52	0.400	2.4	0.0	1.2	10.2	8.50
2010	25	-3.0	DET	AL	Maj	DET	12	11	.522	3.50	3.86	31	31	0	0	0	0	195.2	174	84	76	20	70	1	184	7	0	8	800	1.247	8.0	0.9	3.2	8.5	2.63
2011	26	-2.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	15	9	.625	4.43	4.66	33	33	0	0	0	0	195.0	207	101	96	29	56	1	174	7	0	12	833	1.349	9.6	1.3	2.6	8.0	3.11
2012	27	-1.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	16	7	.696	3.74	3.93	32	32	0	0	0	0	187.2	179	82	78	23	60	2	231	5	1	2	787	1.274	8.6	1.1	2.9	11.1	3.85
2013	28	-0.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	21	3	.875	2.90	3.07	32	32	0	0	0	0	214.1	152	73	69	18	56	0	240	4	1	6	836	0.970	6.4	0.8	2.4	10.1	4.29
2014	29	0.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	18	5	.783	3.15	3.27	33	33	0	1	1	0	220.1	196	80	77	18	63	1	252	6	1	10	904	1.175	8.0	0.7	2.6	10.3	4.00
2015	30	1.6	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	14	12	.538	2.79	2.91	33	33	0	4	3	0	228.2	176	74	71	27	34	2	276	5	1	10	899	0.918	6.9	1.1	1.3	10.9	8.12
2016	31	2.9	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	20	7	.741	2.96	3.04	34	34	0	1	0	0	228.1	165	77	75	31	56	2	284	6	1	2	902	0.968	6.5	1.2	2.2	11.2	5.07
2017	32	3.6	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	16	6	.727	2.51	2.78	31	31	0	2	0	0	200.2	126	62	56	22	55	2	268	11	0	4	780	0.902	5.7	1.0	2.5	12.0	4.87
2018	33	4.8	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	18	7	.720	2.53	2.69	33	33	0	2	1	0	220.2	150	66	62	23	51	4	300	12	1	4	866	0.911	6.1	0.9	2.1	12.2	5.88
2019	34	5.7	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	11	7	.611	2.92	3.08	27	27	0	0	0	0	172.1	144	59	56	18	33	2	243	7	0	0	693	1.027	7.5	0.9	1.7	12.7	7.36
2020	35	6.6	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	5	4	.556	3.74	4.01	12	12	0	1	0	0	67.1	70	30	28	10	23	1	92	1	0	6	295	1.381	9.4	1.3	3.1	12.3	4.00
2021	36		2 Teams	NL	Maj	LAD-WSN	15	4	.789	2.46	2.66	30	30	0	1	0	0	179.1	119	53	49	23	36	0	236	10	0	2	693	0.864	6.0	1.2	1.8	11.8	6.56
2021	36	7.1	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	8	4	.667	2.76	2.92	19	19	0	1	0	0	111.0	71	36	34	18	28	0	147	8	0	0	428	0.892	5.8	1.5	2.3	11.9	5.25
2021	36	7.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	7	0	1.000	1.98	2.24	11	11	0	0	0	0	68.1	48	17	15	5	8	0	89	2	0	2	265	0.820	6.3	0.7	1.1	11.7	11.13
2022	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYM	0	0		3.86	4.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	10	6	5	2	3	0	21	0	0	0	49	1.114	7.7	1.5	2.3	16.2	7.00
2022	37	10.0	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYM	0	0		2.45	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	15	1.091	7.4	2.5	2.5	17.2	7.00
2022	37	12.5	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	0		4.50	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	5	4	1	2	0	14	0	0	0	34	1.125	7.9	1.1	2.3	15.8	7.00
2022	37	7.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	11	5	.688	2.29	2.42	23	23	0	0	0	0	145.1	108	39	37	13	24	0	173	11	0	1	565	0.908	6.7	0.8	1.5	10.7	7.21
2023	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	13	6	.684	3.77	3.83	27	27	0	0	0	0	152.2	126	65	64	28	45	0	174	4	0	2	621	1.120	7.4	1.7	2.7	10.3	3.87
2023	38	8.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	9	4	.692	4.01	4.10	19	19	0	0	0	0	107.2	98	49	48	23	30	0	121	3	0	1	444	1.189	8.2	1.9	2.5	10.1	4.03
2023	38	9.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	4	2	.667	3.20	3.20	8	8	0	0	0	0	45.0	28	16	16	5	15	0	53	1	0	1	177	0.956	5.6	1.0	3.0	10.6	3.53
2024	39	11.3	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	0		11.57	11.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	2.143	19.3	7.7	0.0	15.4
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		214	108	.665	3.15	3.38	457	448	2	12	5	0	2834.2	2306	1063	991	328	746	20	3367	111	7	76	11452	1.077	7.3	1.0	2.4	10.7	4.51
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		9	5	.643	2.99	3.55	37	34	0	0	0	0	177.1	124	70	59	9	73	0	232	8	0	4	730	1.111	6.3	0.5	3.7	11.8	3.18
Other (2 seasons)					Other		3	1	.750	2.22	2.91	15	7	4	0	0	0	52.2	31	17	13	4	14	0	67	1	1	3	205	0.854	5.3	0.7	2.4	11.4	4.79
All Levels (18 Seasons)							226	114	.665	3.12	3.38	509	489	6	12	5	0	3064.2	2461	1150	1063	341	833	20	3666	120	8	83	12387	1.075	7.2	1.0	2.4	10.8	4.40

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		3	1	.750	2.55	2.92	17	14	0	0	0	0	74.0	47	24	21	5	25	0	107	2	0	1	297	0.973	5.7	0.6	3.0	13.0	4.28
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		4	4	.500	3.97	4.74	16	16	0	0	0	0	81.2	71	43	36	4	42	0	90	4	0	3	354	1.384	7.8	0.4	4.6	9.9	2.14
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		2	0	1.000	0.83	1.25	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.2	6	3	2	0	6	0	35	2	0	0	79	0.554	2.5	0.0	2.5	14.5	5.83
Fal (2 seasons)					Other		2	1	.667	2.95	3.68	12	4	4	0	0	0	36.2	22	15	12	4	10	0	42	0	0	1	145	0.873	5.4	1.0	2.5	10.3	4.20
Ind (1 season)					Other		1	0	1.000	0.56	1.13	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	9	2	1	0	4	0	25	1	1	2	60	0.813	5.1	0.0	2.3	14.1	6.25